DECISIONS

North Country Emergency Medical Service, Decision 12625-A (PECB, 2016)

                                                       STATE OF WASHINGTON

                  BEFORE THE PUBLIC EMPLOYMENT RELATIONS COMMISSION

Ricky J. Walsh, Representative, for the International Association of Fire Fighters, Local 1805.

Ben Peeler, EMS and Fire Chief, for North Country Emergency Medical Service.

                                                            FINDINGS OF FACT

1.                  The International Association of Fire Fighters, Local 1805 filed with the Public Employment Relations Commission a petition concerning representation of employees of North Country Emergency Medical Service.  The petition was timely filed and accompanied by a showing of interest administratively determined by the Commission to be sufficient.  No other organization is known to claim to represent the employees involved.

2.                  These representation proceedings were conducted under the supervision of the Commission in the bargaining unit described as:

All full-time and regular part-time advanced emergency medical technicians and paramedics as defined by RCW 18.71.200 employed by North Country Emergency Medical Service, excluding supervisors, confidential employees, and all other employees.

3.                  All proceedings were conducted in a manner designed to afford the affected employees a free choice in the selection of a bargaining representative, if any; a confidential cross-check of employer and union documents has been conducted by Commission staff and a tally of the results previously furnished to the parties is attached hereto; and no meritorious objections have been filed with respect to these proceedings.

                                           CONCLUSIONS OF LAW

1.                  The unit described in Finding of Fact 2 is an appropriate unit for the purpose of collective bargaining within the meaning of RCW 41.56.060.

2.                  All conditions precedent to a certification have been met.

                                                               CERTIFICATION

The employees of North Country Emergency Medical Service in the appropriate bargaining unit described in Finding of Fact 2 have chosen

                 INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF FIRE FIGHTERS, LOCAL 1805

as their representative for the purpose of collective bargaining with their employer.

ISSUED at Olympia, Washington, this  28th  day of December, 2016.

PUBLIC EMPLOYMENT RELATIONS COMMISSION

MICHAEL P. SELLARS, Executive Director